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Technical Documentations Types

In engineering, Technical Documents refers the documents which have product reelected data and information. Those documents provide information on: product specification, design, manufacturing, quality assurance, product liability, features, functions, service and repair of a technical product.
Those documents are use by many stake holders from the time of manufacture of a product till it to go the market. Those are also play a vital role in the after market support.

There are many different types of documents available for a product. Basically those can be classified by in two categories.

1. Process Documents
2. User Documents

Process Documents: These documents are used during the product development and manufacture.For example: Technical Data Sheet (TDS), Product Specification Sheet, Safety Data sheet (SDS), Engineering Drawings ect.

User Documents: These documents are prepared for the end users. User documents include all instructional and explanatory materials. For example, Spare Parts information, Service and maintenance process, safety guides and user operational manuals etc.
Usually, user documents include illustration and content which are written in clear and cosine manner.
Today I am going to discuss about the User Documents used in various industries.
Aerospace:
1. Aircraft Illustrated Parts Catalog (AIPC)
2. Aircraft Maintenance Manual (AMM)
3. Aircraft Recovery Manual (ARM)
4. Component Maintenance Manual (CMM)
5. Component Maintenance Manual Parts List (CMMIPL)
6. Consumable Products Manual (CPM)
7. Engine (Shop) Manual (EM)
8. Engine Cleaning Inspection and Repair Manual (CIR)
9. Engine Illustrated Parts Catalog (EIPC)
10. Engine Parts Configuration Management Section (EPCM)
11. Fault Reporting and Fault Isolation Manual (FRM/FIM)
12. Flight Crew Operations Manual (FCOM)
13. Illustrated Tool and Equipment Manual (ITEM)
14. Maintenance Planning Document (MPD)
15. Maintenance Review Board Report (MRB)
16. Maintenance Steering Group (MSG-3)
17. Master Minimum Equipment List (MMEL)
18. Non-Destructive Testing Manual (NDT)
19. Power Plant Build-up Manual (PPBM)
20. Power Plant Build-up Manual Illustrated Parts List (PPBMIPL)
21. Production Management Database (PMDB)
22. Service Bulletin (SB)
23. Service Bulletin Index (SBI)
24. Structural Repair Manual (SRM)
25. System Description Sections (SDS)
26. Tool and Equipment Manual (TEM)
27. Weight & Balance Manual (WBM)
28. Wiring Diagram Manual (WM)
Automotive & other Industries:
1. Parts Catalog and Parts Manual
2. Operator’s Manual
3. Service Manual
4. Repair Manual
5. Maintenance Manual
6. Transportation Manual
7. Safety Manual
8. Tools Manual
9. Supplements




Comments

  1. UnknownMarch 4, 2019 at 9:19 PM

    It's wonderful collection.very useful. Thanks sir.

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  2. ArunMarch 15, 2019 at 2:56 AM

    Which manual preparation has better scope in future?

    ReplyDelete
  3. KumarMarch 16, 2019 at 1:07 AM

    Hello Arun, for a technical writer user document is good choice.

    ReplyDelete

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